Ecuadorean villagers lend clues to longevity
A small group of Ecuadoreans with a genetic mutation that causes dwarfism may hold clues to preventing cancer and diabetes, researchers found recently.
A 22-year study of people in a remote village in Ecuador who have genetically low levels of growth hormone reveals startlingly few cases of both diseases, the international team reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine. And drugs that are already approved to block growth hormone may help prevent these diseases, they said.
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